Smoldering Myeloma Treatments

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Daratumumab is a drug used for the treatment of multiple myeloma. It is for use in people who have multiple myeloma who have already received at least one prior therapy. It is given as an injection into a vein through an IV.

Normally, your immune system helps defend against internal threats, such as cancer, using specialized immune cells called T cells. Some types of cancer cells present a protein called PD-L1, which interacts with the PD-1 receptor on your T cells. This can deactivate your T cells and prevent them from recognizing and attacking the cancer. Nivolumab blocks the PD-1 receptor on T cells and can halt the effects on PD-L1 on T cells, allowing them to be active and do their job.

Atezolizumab is a new drug being tested in myeloma. It targets a protein called PDL-1 which is normally involved in dampening the immune response. This increases the activity of the immune system to recognize and destroy myeloma cells.

Carfilzomib is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body. It is approved for use with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma in patients who have received one to three prior lines of therapy. Carfilzomib is injected into a vein through an IV.

Elotuzumab is a drug used for the treatment of multiple myeloma. It is for use in patients who have received one to three prior medications and is intended to be used in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone. It is given as an injection into a vein through an IV.

One way your immune system controls the activity of T cells is through the PD-1 pathway. Some cancer cells can hide from the T cells attack by taking control of the PD-1 pathway. This stops T cells from attacking cancer cells. Pembrolizumab works by blocking the PD-1 pathway. The Keynote Clinical Trials are studying whether pembrolizumab can help treat patients with various types of cancer.One way your immune system controls the activity of T cells is through the PD-1 pathway. Some cancer cells can hide from the T cells attack by taking control of the PD-1 pathway. This stops T cells from attacking cancer cells. Pembrolizumab works by blocking the PD-1 pathway. The Keynote Clinical Trials are studying whether pembrolizumab can help treat patients with various types of cancer.

Ibrutinib is a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor that binds to and irreversibly inhibits BTK activity, thereby preventing both B-cell activation and B-cell-mediated signaling, which may result to decreased growth of cancer cells.

Durvalumab is an investigational human monoclonal antibody directed against programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1). PD-L1 can be expressed by tumours to evade detection by the immune system through binding to PD-1 on cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Durvalumab blocks the PD-L1 interaction with PD-1, countering the tumour's immune-evading tactics. Durvalumab is being developed, alongside other immunotherapies, to strengthen the patient's immune system and attack the cancer.